Blackfoot Forest It's hard to love others

Samuel said the right things once again and the man seemed please by them. Aaron repeated the name, flattering the boy about how it fit. Samuel smiled at him, his name wasn't heard around very much from these parts. Aaron explained how he would be happy to have a boy like Samuel in his pack, the boy couldn't be happier. The terms though made it a bit harder.

He would be assigned a mate and he would have no say in it. Samuel quickly drew the line at that statement. After his past of mates, how could he dare love someone once again? Cheated, back-stabbed, lied to- how could his poor heart patch itself together once more?

He shot his eyes down towards his paws, shuffling them uncomfortably. He did hear through about Aaron's deeper explanation. The rankings of the pack would be determined by your match and the two would try to encourage one another to be active...

Samuel gave a nervous chuckle to Aaron and looked towards the man. "Could you.. give me time to learn about my mate though? I have been burned by many women in my life, and going back to loving someone would be hard." He explained softly, a tad bit embarrassed.

"Could I maybe...get time to know her better than rush into it?"